Porte-moitnaie



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. MASON, OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

PORTE-MONNAIE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 15,891, dated October 14, 1856.

To all 'whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, JOHN L. MASON, of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Porte-Monnaies, Purses, Pocket-Books, and other Articles of Similar Character; and I do hereby y declare that the following is a full, clear,

' forming part of this `whichand exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, specification, in

ter which contains pockets.

It consists in forming every portion of any `number of pockets from a single piece of leather or other material by a system of folding hereinafter described, `which gives greater strength and durability to the pockets than the mode of construction generally adopted which is to form the sides and bottoms of the whole of the pockets of one piece andthe ends thereof of two other pieces.

In Fig. l, a, 0 indicate the metal frame of the porte-monnaie; ZJ, b, the side pieces of leather, and A, A, the piece of which the pockets are constructed.

The piece A A, a part of which is shown spread out in Fig. 2, is of quadrangular form before being folded, its width between the edges 12, l2, being greater than the in-` tended length of the pockets and its length from the end 13 to the other end which is not sho-wn, depending upon the number of pockets, each pocket requiring a length, in the latter direction of the piece, equal to twice its depth besides allowing a margin at each end of the piece to be secured to the frame a The part included between two lines e, e, makes one pocket. This piece is rst folded in the lines e, e, and in the lines j", f, midway between them, being folded in the former lines in opposite direct-ions to that in which they are folded in the latter lines as is illustrated in Fig. 3, which is a transverse section of the p-iece folded in those lines, the upper side of the figure representing the face which is exposed to view in Fig. 2 and which forms the interior surface of the pockets. It is then folded in diagonal lines f, g, so as to bring the two triangular p-ieces f, g, e, into contact with the face exposed in Fig. 3, as is illustrated in Fig. 4 which represents a portion of the piece included between two lines f, f, forming one half of one pocket and one half of the next one. It is afterward folded back in the lines h, L, which brings the part sho-wn in Fig. 4 to the condition shown in Fig. 5 where the part folded back is shown in dotted outline.

It must be supposed that the piece has remained folded or partly so in the lines e, e, and f, f, during the foldings in f, g, and h, but the only way to illustrate the latter foldings to make them apparent is to sho-w the piece spread out as in Figs. 4l and 5.

Fig. 6 assists in explaining Figs. 4 and V5, representing a transverse section of two pockets, the line m, showing the line in which the sections Figs. 4 and 5 :are taken.

Fig. 7 represents a section taken in the line e, e, after the folding has been completed as shown in Fig. 5. i i represent the folded ends of the pocket, and 7' the triangular pieces which are represented by dotted lines in Fig. 5, as being turned back.

The distance between the lines Zt, 7L, makes the full length of the pocket. The pockets are made secure at the ends, either by pasting down the pieces turned back from the lines h, 7L, or by stitching the fold which is made in these lines. If stitched the stitching will be covered by pasting on a gusset lining. The gusset lining will always be required to cover that portion of the back side of the leather that would be exposed at the ends of the pockets.

The side pieces b, of the porte-monnaie may be made from the same piece of leather as the pockets, without cutting, if desired; but there would be no great advantage in this. y

The only essential difference between porte-monnaies and pocket books, purses and other articles o-f light character, consists in the form of the frame or external portion, but all admit of the formation of of similar character, from L single piece of their pockets by the Within described system leather by a system of folding, substantially of folding. as herein described.

What I claim as my invention, and de- JOHN L. MASON. 5 sire to secure by Letters Patent is, Witnesseses:

The construction or the Whole of the ISAAC WRIGHT,

pockets of a porte-monnaie, or other article PHILIP MASON. 

